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| Full name | James Hartford | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 February 1890 Hayfield, Derbyshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 August 1948 (aged 58) Stockport, Cheshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-hand bat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1910 | Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 24 August 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James Handford (1 February 1890 - 14 August 1948) was an English cricketer for Derbyshire. A right-handed batsman, he was born in Hayfield, Derbyshire. He placed nine first-class matches for his county during the 1910 County Championship, [1] scoring 137 runs at 9.78. [2] Handford played all around the batting order, [1] making his career best 23 against Essex on 16 May 1910. [3] He went on to play minor cricket for Heavy Woollen District against Yorkshire Second XI in 1911, [4] where he enjoyed his strongest performance, nine and 54 with the bat as well as six wickets – including a five wicket haul – with the ball. [5] He died in Stockport, Cheshire.
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Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a 20-metre (22-yard) pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striking the ball bowled at the wicket with the bat, while the bowling and fielding side tries to prevent this and dismiss each player. Means of dismissal include being bowled, when the ball hits the stumps and dislodges the bails, and by the fielding side catching the ball after it is hit by the bat, but before it hits the ground. When ten players have been dismissed, the innings ends and the teams swap roles. The game is adjudicated by two umpires, aided by a third umpire and match referee in international matches. They communicate with two off-field scorers who record the match's statistical information.
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Derbyshire. Its limited overs team is called the Derbyshire Falcons in reference to the famous peregrine falcon which nests on the Derby Cathedral. Founded in 1870, the club held first-class status from its first match in 1871 until 1887. Because of poor performances and lack of fixtures in some seasons, Derbyshire then lost its status for seven seasons until it was invited into the County Championship in 1895. Derbyshire is also classified as a List A team since the beginning of limited overs cricket in 1963; and classified as a senior Twenty20 team since 2003. In recent years the club has enjoyed record attendances with over 24,000 people watching their home Twenty20 fixtures in 2017 – a record for a single campaign. The local derby versus Yorkshire at Chesterfield now regularly sells out in advance.
